When oil tankers and other vehicles transporting hazardous material tip over or crash on major highways, it creates a headache for everyone - environmental agencies, motorists, law enforcement and clean-up crews. Colorado Springs and Fort Carson firefighters on the Hazardous Materials teams have been learning this week how to safely - and more quickly - protect against pollution and mitigate traffic impacts. Friday, crews were practicing drilling into a gasoline tanker and siphoning out the fuel, the most common type of spill firefighters encounter, according to Mike Becker, program manager for Signet North America, which provided the training. Because gasoline tankers are made of aluminum, firefighters can't use big Read more on Colorado Springs Gazette